It’s one of the craziest weeks ever in cell phone land. Not only are Kent and Bonnie packing for Mobile World Congress, but we also had two big-time press events from Sprint and HP. Sprint’s new device is the dual-screen Kyocera Echo. We admit it doesn’t look like much right now, but that didn’t stop …
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February, 2011
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9 February
Skype for iPhone adds HDTV support
Just in time for the appearance of the Verizon iPhone tomorrow, VoIP calling service Skype is updating its iPhone app to include support for the H.264 video format. H.264 is the most widely accepted encoding standard for high-definition video. In addition to boosting image quality, the enhancement means that Skype for iPhone users can place and accept calls from and …
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9 February
Dell shows off 10
Dell is working on a 10-inch tablet running Windows 7, for release later this year. The company showed off a non-working model of the device at a US event yesterday, and our buddies at CNET.com were in attendance. It looks like a bigger version of the Dell Streak, but will be aimed more at businesses. You want specs? A release …
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9 February
iPad 2 is thinner, lighter and in production already, says report
The iPad 2 has started rolling off production lines in advance of a debut in the next couple of months. That’s according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal, which also confirms previous speculation that Apple’s second-generation tablet will be slimmer and lighter than the first model. The story — co-written by Yukari Iwatani Kane, who has the …
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9 February
Will ‘burning platform’ Nokia axe Symbian, use Android and ditch Ovi?
Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop, has opened fire on his own company in a roasting-hot leaked memo entitled “Standing on a burning platform”, in which he bemoans Nokia’s perilous position, its market share under siege from Apple, Android and cheap Chinese phone makers. Published by Engadget and confirmed by multiple sources, including BBC News (despite some scepticism online), the internal …
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9 February
Nokia suffers MeeGo setback as N9 is reportedly killed before release
More bad news for Nokia as it stands on its “burning platform“: reports suggest MeeGo has been delayed and it seems the N9 is no more. MeeGo is Nokia’s new operating system, first revealed last year but yet to be seen in a phone we can actually buy. That may not change any time soon, as Reuters reports Nokia has …
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9 February
LG Optimus 3D teases its wares with new video footage
LG’s Optimus 3D is one of the most hotly anticipated new smart phones for 2011, thanks to its glasses-free 3D screen and dual-lens camera. Now it has made a starring appearance in a new pre-Mobile World Congress video, showcasing its pair of cameras and promising “a smart phone that sees the world like we do”. The video, published by Pocket-lint, …
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9 February
HTC Wildfire 2 could be this tiny Android phone in firm’s new TV ad
HTC’s Wildfire 2 may not need grainy blogosphere spy-shots to reveal itself to the world: the manufacturer appears to have done the job itself, in a video posted on its own YouTube channel. As Engadget points out, the glossy video shows a man holding a handset that doesn’t correspond to any existing smart phones in HTC’s range, but which bears …
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9 February
Alien Dalvik to extend Android apps reach
Alien Dalvik would let non-Google smartphones run Android apps. Google Mobile software maker Myriad plans to launch software that lets non-Android-based smartphones run apps designed for Google’s mobile operating system. The software, known as Alien Dalvik, will allow non-Android OSes to run Android Package (APK) files with little modification, the company announced yesterday. “The proliferation of Android has been staggering, …
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9 February
BBC iPlayer app hits iPad this week
The BBC’s iPlayer app for the Apple iPad will arrive this week. A BBC engineer has let slip that the app will hit tablets on 10 February. BBC online engineer Geoff Marshall, a self-described “Beeb operational techie”, tweeted “iPlayer App for iPad is being released this Thursday – 10th Feb. 3G connection is browse only. Browse+Playback requires Wi-Fi.” Marshall hedged …
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